View of Muttental – Miners’ Prayer House, Witten loop from Witten

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis

Witten

View of Muttental – Miners’ Prayer House, Witten loop from Witten

Moderate

5.0

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View of Muttental – Miners’ Prayer House, Witten loop from Witten

00:55

10.0km

210m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 8, 2026

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602 m

Steinhausen Castle with sculpture garden

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Very nice facility. Unfortunately, you can no longer enjoy the sun with delicacies in the idyllic castle courtyard, the restaurant is only for private parties! The old prayer house is worth a visit!

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828 m

View of Muttental

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Right in the vicinity of Steinhausen Castle.

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1.55 km

Miners’ Prayer House, Witten

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The prayer house in the lower Muttental is the last of its kind in the Ruhr area. In the early Ruhr mining they were widespread and fulfilled several functions: as …

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2.34 km

Stettin Mine Adit (Stettin Tunnel)

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"In the upper Muttental near Witten there were two further hard coal deposits named Mausegatt and Mausegatt Unterbank below the seams Anclam and Arrival. The three men Johann Dürholt, Johann …

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2.44 km

Geitling 3 Coal Seam Outcrop

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The seam exploration shows the approx. 35 cm thick seam Geitling 3. The tunnel extension gives an impression of the miner's workplace underground at a time when coal was still …

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3.48 km

View of Witten

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Beautiful view of the Ruhr area.

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6.02 km

Western Day Drift Frielinghaus

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This daily operation creates a connection to a tunnel that the mine owner Oberste-Frielinghaus had built in 1794.
The tunnel began at a depth of 13 m at the St. …

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8.35 km

Old Loading Facility Zeche Jupiter

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"In 1783, the two brothers Henrich Johann and Henrich Oberste Frielinghaus found a hard coal bank extending from the Muttenbach to the east under the Dickenberg in the Muttental. The …

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Parking

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